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When Cressida Dick joined the MetropolitanPolice Force in 1983, women were not considered the right sort of chaps to be dog-handlers. The police also operated behind a shield, hidden from public view and public accountability. Both of these things had to change and only one of them has.

The fact that, along with Deputy Assistant Commissioners Helen Ball and Pat Gallan, Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick heads the only triumvirate of women at the top of a counter- terrorism operation in the world, is something to remark on. In an interview with The Times, Ms Dick suggests that the biggest effect